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From the Raleish Register. Jun j
ANOTHER
IHE“ I) lxe .
question uas prnlcaiid
pellatioi
again., ork, he tiie character |
lev,tinman. llow well this character set
~on him, the honest people ot the neighbor
hood in which lie resided can best tell; and ;
they aver, in the homely language of the i
place that it fitted him like a shirt on a hoe- j
handle.”
Hut the condition of a gentleman, however j
desirable it may be in several respects, is not !
entirely free from miseries and vexations. It
is expensive, without being profitable ; and
isapt to produce envy withoutgaining respect.
At least, such is the case in a country where j
the people mostly get their living by the sweat
of their brow, or by some active business or
profession. But among other troubles which
gentility brings, is that very prevalent disease,
called Dyspepsia.
Sam Crookshank proved that he had at
least one title to the character he had assumed
—he was wofully troubled with the dyspepsia.
He grew pale and wan; his cheek hones,
which had even been a most prominent part
of his face, seemed to project farther than ev
er: liis under lip, which was naturally one
of the rather pendent sort, now hung most
lackadaisically down, and his calliper legs,
which were never the least noticeable part ol
his person, began to bow out if possible farther
than ever.
“Sam,” said the wondering neighbors,
“ what the torment ails you 1 You look for all
the world as gastly and wo-begone as a De
cember ghost.”
“ I—l’ve got the dispepscry !” replied Sam.
“ The dispepscry!” said farmer Whippic
tre, with a look of contempt— ; “what mought
that he?”
“What mought it he?” returned Sam—
“ Why, if you don’t know what the dispepse
ry is, you’re no gentleman.”
“ l hope not, in all conscience,” replied
the farmer, “ hut 1 should like to know what
sort of a thing this is you call the dispepscry.”
“ Why, it is a kind of a—sort of a com
plaint.”
“ Umph ! so it appears.”
“ It’s a kind of a—sort of a—as it were—a
queer feeling, which I never felt in all my life,
until I become a gentleman.”
“It’s a right down gentleman’s complaint
then. Hut what is it like !”
“ Like ! why, it’s like to make a notoiny of
me, if I don’t get better of it soon.”
“You’d make a monstrous pretty notomy,
would’nt you ? Rut how does your gentility
complaint feel J ”
“ Why, it makes me foci all over somber
cjioly and down-in-thc-inouth-like, as if I’d
lost all my friends. In short, Mr. Whipple
tree, it’s a kind of a sort of an aneetation of
the stomach and indigestible noggins, as it
were.’
“The complaint is iji your noggin I’ve no
doubt,” said the larmcr, pointing lo his head
—“ at least it began there but I can cure your
stomach for you, if that’s all you want.”
“Gad!” exclaimed Sam, “can you cure it
though ? ’ Pon my soul, I’d give any body the
promise of a thousand dollars iri a minute
that would five me from this dreadful dispep
scry. It’s the only drawback, as it were, to
my gentility.”
“i’ll cure you of both, your gentility and
your dispepscry too, if you’ll follow my ad
vice.”
“Could’nt think of it no how at all,” —re-
turned Sam, pulling up his false collar about
his cars—“ 1 like the life of a gentleman all
out, if l could only get rid of the plaguy dis
pepscry.”
“ Go to work, you lazy varmunt.”
“To work! Oh no, Mr. WhippJetrce, I
could'nt think of that—could’nt ’pon my soul.
Any thing cLe that you’d prescribe, in reason,
I’ll take. But as for work, I’ve put my veto
’pon that long ago.”
“ Then 1 give you up, for one of the Devil’s
incurables,” returned the farmer, and left
him.
Sam resorted to a variety of moans to cure
his complaint. He ate largely of mustard,
cayenne pepper, horse-radish, and other sharp
and powerful condiments—| usliing them to
such an extent, that his mouth burnt like fire
and his eyes watered again. At the same
time he fed < normously on beef, cabbage, and
turnips; ‘and topped oil’ with an apple-dump
ling. He also added a little whiskey to his
meals, by way of corrective to the sad condi
dition of his stomach. But it all would not
do. The strong condiments and the whiskey,
although they helped him to the destruction
of no small quantity of beef, cabbage, and
other matters, did not in the least aid Ins sto
mach in converting those things into good
chyle, for the support and nourishment of his
gentlemanly person. On the contrary, they
rather tended, in the end, to render his com
plaint worse and worse.
He next had recourse to all tile root doctors
and doctresses, within lifiy miles. lie took
likewise ail the patent medicines he could
hear of—the panaceas, the catholicons, and
lire infallible specifies. He even took a news
paper for the sole purpose o( reading the ad
vertisements of new and important medicines,
and the certificates of wonderful cures done
and performed through the agency thereof.—'
Hut after all, poor Sam—“ Gentleman Sam,”
as the neighbors called him—had the dispep
bia as had as ever.
But though he most heartily hated all study
and from his soul eschewed reading in general,
ho accidentally derived one advantage from
taking a newspaper. In looking, as usual, for
infallible cures,hi* eye chanced to meet with j
the following reci|ie, from a paper Down East:
“Take 1 oz. Camphor, I oz. Myrrh—pul-!
verise and mix them together. Then bore a j
hole in the upper end of an axe helve, sufli- i
cient to contain the mixture, which put iri and j
stop close. SVhen this has stood 24 hours in I
a warm place; it will be lit for use.”*
* The author is indebted to the Portland Cou-!
rier. for the very efficacious recipe, the substance |
of which is given above ; and lias merely drawn j
upon his own imagination lex the entire '-cry, fb '
u strati it" its effect*. ,i
Such was the substance of the eastern rc-j
cipc. But the manner of using it Sain did
not so much admire. It was no other than !
this—namely, to get up every morning before ]
the sun. <ml use the axe—beginning n.odt r-1
ately at first, and increasing the exercise by i
degrees, until the heat produced V, ins hands
should dissolve the mixture within the helve
which, oozing through the wood, should enti rj
the pores of the skin, and so ditlusc itself j
through his whole frame, adding new life and i
vigor to his enervated constitution.
“A murrain take the work'" said Sam,
“ if ’twasn’t tor tiiat, i shouid’ut mind taking
the medicine at all.”
He debated with himself for some days
what to resolve ii|>on. Though lie disliked
the mode of taking it, he had full faith in the
medicine, as he had in all sorts of newspaper
recipes. His father advised him by all means
totakeit; and so, likewis , lid fanner Whip
pletree, and the rest ol ms acquaintance.
The neighbors wished, above all things, to
see “ Gentleman Sam” brought to labor a
gain.
“If I could only git the lngredicnccs, into
the pores of my band without chopping for
it,” said Sam, “ I shouldn’t care. But how
somever, work,or no work, 1 must take it, for
I’m persuaded it’s the only thing that’ll cure
inc.
He aceoidinglv prepared him an axestrict
j ly in the manner prescribed, not omitting to
[set it in a warm place twenty four hours be
fore using. His father took caie that the in
strument should be well ground; and, that
| there should be no lack of materials to work
i upon, assigned him an acre of the primitive
i forest, thickly covered with oaks, beeches and
; maples, to be cut down and wrought into fire
wood.
* “ Condemn it!” said Sam, as he reached
! the thick and lofty wood, “ this is a pretty
| business for a gentleman ? By jumping, Jo
! seph it’s a good week’s work to cut down one
j of these trees, to say nothing of chopping and
splitting it up. And then what tlie deuce has
| the ingredicnccs in the axe-helve to do with
the chopping, I should like to know. But
I Imwsoinever, as I said afore, that’s nyther here
j nor there, it’s so set down in the newsprint,
j and there’s no disputing what that says.”
! Sam now pulled oft" his gentleman’s coat,
] and fell to. He worked, according to the re- j
| cipe, with a due degree of moderation at first ;
\ nevertheless, he soon got out of breath, <S i was
I obliged to slack away in order to recover his
' wind. He took special care, however not to
! let go of Ins axe for a minute, lest the handle j
j should cool, and thereby he should lose the j
j benefit of what he had already done. Besides !
[getting out of breath, his hands begun to get
| sore, and numerous blisters were seen clcvat
j ing the skin like puft’paste.
j “ Consarn it alisaid Sain, as he sat down
ion a log to rest —“this is a hard medicine.
I’d rather take three bushels of the bitterest
roots and yarbs that ever grew. This work
will klt me, as sure as 1 live. I may as well
die with the dispepsery, as to he cut oft" in the
prime of my days by chopping these infernal
j big trees, I’ll give it up for a bad job. I
! never can endure these bloody blisters, be
! sides, I’m so tired I can scarcely stand on my
I feet, let alone pegging, pegging, into the trees
I like a rotten red-headed woodpecker. Good
bye to the chopping I say.”
As Sam said this,he shouldered his axe, and \
was about quitting the wood, when a deep
voice came, as it were from a hollow tree close
beside him, saying—
“ S-a-m! S-a-m! stir not an inch, if you
do, the Devil will have you for certain. Work i
two hours more to- lay, and to-morrow be here j
bright and early.”
“What!” exclaimed Sam, “if the trees
begin to talk, it’s time to look about me.”
With that he turned back and fell to chop
ping again. He continued until his hands
j were nearly worn out, and hisstrength so ex
hausted that he could stand it no longer;
when ho again shouldered his axe, and with
j out being farther molested by the voice from
j the tree, dragged himself home. Ho slept
I soundly that night, not being troubled in the I
j least with dyspeptic dreams. His iiands tiic
[ next day were terribly sore, and he was lame
in nearly every joint; hut his appetite was,
greatly improved, and he was able to eat his
meat without either pepper or mustard.
lie would fain, however, have declined go
ling to the wood; but the deep voice was sill
! ringing in his cars, and the Devil seemed, in
[ his heai.ee! imagination, ready to catch him.—
I He once more, therefore, took his medicated
jaxe and repaired to the forsst. He continu
jed longer than the day before, hut so sore
were his liands, that every stroke ho struck
gave him severe pain; and he was or.ca or
twice on the point or giving the matter up,
when the same deep voice from the hollow
tree again warned him of the danger of such
a course.
In short, Sam Ciookshank repaired to the
wood daily—working longer and harder eacn
day than the day before, sleeping soundly at
I night, and eating his meals with a constantly
increaving appetite. His hands bv degrees
became hardened to the work, and his whole
frame so strengthened that he could labor from
rnorningtill night without feeling half as much
fatigue as he endured the first day from a sin
gle hour’s work.
I “ But what a plague is the reason,” said he.
I applying his nose to the axe-helve, “1 can’t
j smell the Camphire and the mtirrer oozing
j through, as the newspaper said : I’m sure I’ve
; bet tlie axe-helve nearly red hot every day for
j a month, and yet I can’t perceive that the in.
I grcdiences come through at all. The poteen
i ry must a cheated me in the articles.”
I Full of this idua, he went to scold the apo
thecary for putting him on with hud medi
cines ; when the latter threw his pestle at his
head, and called him a fool for his pains.
But though-Sam could not phreeive bv anv
outward signs that the medicine had come
through the axc-helvo; vet, inasmuch as he
daily grew bettt r by handing the instrument,
he finally concluded that the virtue of the re-'
nicely had insensibly entered the pores of his j
hand, and without his knowing diffuse and itself |
over his whole system.
He did not, however, relax his endeavours,!
nor lay aside the medicated axe, until his acre I
•>f woedlund wm coinplculy chopped, and 1
his dyspepsia mest thoroughly cured. He
was also cured of his gentlemanly pretentions:
and is now one of the most industrious young
men in the neighborhood.
There is one thing, however, which senns
to him not a little mysterious, and that is the
voice from the hollow tree. But some of bis
neighbors are thong! t to be wiser on tint <
subject than lie; and it is shrewdly 'suspected
that Jack VVhippletree, a waggish son of tie
farmer above mentioned, knows more about
the voice than lie who heard it.
FOREIGN.
fiz/ut from i 'oriug ßy the brig Quito, ('apt.
Mansfield, arrived at New Bedford from Lisbon, j
whence she sailed on the ITtli May, the following
j intelligence has been received, which we copy
j from the New Bedford Gzactte :
i “Don Miguel's fleet was lying at Lisbon at that
| time, inactive for want of men. On the 12th the
government commenced pressing every Portu
j gtiese that could be found on board the shipping in
I port, as well as on shore, for the army and navy.
{ On tlip 13th, an order was issupd to all the ship-
I wrights and caulkers, forbidding their working on
i any merchant vessel, until one of the government’s
! old ships, which had been condemned, was re
| paired, and requiring them to work on board ev
j ery day, not excepting Sundays.
“Nothing of consequence had transpired at O
porto. and if there had, it would have heen al
most impossible to obtain correct information, as
all the avenue# for impartial accounts had been
closed by the government.
“Don Pedro was expected at Lisbon in about
ten days, and it was thought that he would
be received with open arms, by all classes. The
cause of Don Miguel was very unpopular among
the people, but they of course did not dare to ex
press their opinion openly Desertions were fre
quent, and to a considerable extent, both from the
army and navy, mostly in consequence ofuot re
ceiving their pay. It was stated that Don Mi
guel bad nri paid liis men in sixteen months,
although he has from time to time promised it to
them in two months, which is lliecase at the pre
senttime.
“The cholera had been raging at Lisbon to a
considerable extent, but had in a great measure
subsided when the Quito sailed. No cases had
however appeared on board the shipping.
“Brig '1 im, Jarvis, ofßoston, sailed May 12th
for Oporto—had been detained 17 days by the
government, in consequence of having flour on
board, which is contraband at Lisbon.”
We *>r<? also indebted to the Editors of the New
j Bedford Gazette for the Lisbon Gazette of the 11 lit
j and 13th May, the contents of which, however,
present little of interest. We perceive it stated
| in one of them, that ait officer commanding a de
tachment of cavalry at Fundoa, attempted on the
night of the 22d April, to desert ami go over to
Don Pedro with all his men. The attempt was
frustrated in consequence of one of the soldiers
! giving information of the intended desertion at
{ head quarters.
| Donations of cloth, grain, &c. tor the army.are
j very numerous. Don Miguel was in Braga on
the 7th May, with bis sisters. He reviewed on
the 9;h the column on the north of the Douro,and
the 2d brigade of the 4th division. The troops
appeared to be very much gratified his a visit.
Holland and Belgium. —The ship Gem, ar
rived at the port yesterday, from Antwerp, from
which place she sailed on the 28th May. The
Captain reports, that lie learned at Antwerp, that
warlike preparations were again making in Bel
gium and that the third division of the army,
consisting of 12,000 men had advanced to the fron
tier. W e place no reliance on these reports.
A rumor has been set afloat, that Louis Phil
i lip the first,* has been dethroned, and Genera!
! Lafayette elected President of the French Re-
I public. We can hardly credit it: our iuforma
| lion is derived from the Richmond Whig. The
{ report wants confirmation.
j "jpomTestic.
PUBLIC OPINION ABKOAD? ’
! A discussion is going on in the Georgia
| papers,relative to thciloourscofGov.Lump
! kin towards the Missionaries. It will be
recollected,that Gov.Lumpkin,in his proc
lamation releasing the Missionaries, said
i that those men had withdrawn their suit
! in the Supreme Court, aud appealed to
j the magnanimity of the State of Georgia,
i It appears from a letter recently p tblished
j Ly the Missionaries upon that subject, that
i so far from their ceasing in their efforts
jto bring Georgia before the Supreme
J Court, and throwing themselves upon the
j clemency of the State, that the particular
| ana confidential friends of Gov. Lumpkin,
repeatedly went to them and said that if
they {would withdraw their suit, they
would be set at liberty! Mr. For
syth while in Washington, went to Mr.
Wirt, their Counsel, and used similar lan
guage !
It is proper to observe that these men;
who were imploring the Missionaries to!
withdraw their suit, told them that they!
came, without the Governor’s knowledge,
but that they knew that they would be
pardoned; provided they pursued tlic {
course recommended. Whai a fraud isj
here attempted to be practised upon the!
public? Can any man possibly believe,j
that the Governor was ignorant of their
conduct, and that they were not his agents I
in the business?
The whole matter is easily explained.
| —The General Government, at that time,
| was making preparations to put down nul
j lificatjon in South Carolina, with the force
! of arms. Georgia, in her conduct towards
j the Missionaries, had put in practice the J
nullification principles of South Carolina. I
j 'Hie President happened to entertain no
[annimosity towards the prominent men of !
i Georgia, (as lie did to those of South Caro- j
| linu) having encouraged Georgia in her
nullification, and his friends knowing that
it would he rather a dangerous experi-j
meat, to attempt - to put them Loth down,!
found it necessary to attempt to remove!
tiic cause of dissatisfaction in Georgia.
j Superadded to these reasons, the Ad
j ministration knew that they eould not bo
'more obnoxious to the jicople of South
{Carolina than they were at that time,
- while by pursuing a conciliatory course
I towards Georgia, they might stiil retain
their confidence.
The first tiling therefore to be done,!
was to get rid of the Missionaries ams their ;
suit! Our readers are acquainted with I
tb ’ t-r.i tired to r fleet lb; object.
In this whole matter,Governor Lump-l
kin’s course has been most unenviable. J
The executive of the sovereign State of
Georgia, has prosituted the dignity of his!
office, ami the character of ins Stale, to j
gratify a corrupt set of men at Washing
ton city, and condescended to entreat in
| dividuals, who had knowingly and willing
| ly violated the laws of Georgia, to cease
! their endeavors to punish Iter through the
} Supreme Court!
It is to be hoped that Gov ernor Lttmp
j kin will receive the reward lie so richly
merits, for his conduct in this affair.
Jila. Journal.
From the Charleston Mercury.
INTERESTING DOCI’TIENT.
At the late public meeting in tiie course of
a feeling and eloquent tribute to Mr. Turn
bull's memory—alter bearing testimony to
thegenuine kindn(*s& warmth ofheart which
all, who knew him intimately,acknowledged
and loved—to the the pure disinterestedness
of his patriotisoni, his freedom from all per
sonal rancour, and the lofty purity and gener
ous chivalry »f his motives, Gcv. Hay ye
produced and read a letter, which he had re
ceived from his deceased compatriot, immedi
ately after Hie appearance of the President’s
Proclamation—a *ime when it was expected
that those who were true to the cause of Caro
lina, would have to seal their fidelity {with their
blood. The letter is as characteristic as it is
honorable, arid will remain among the records
of the State a proud memorial of tiie deceased.
We have been permitted to take a copy which
we subjoin :
JOHN’S ISLAND, 22d Dec. 183?.
Sih—The State having called upon her pat
riotic sons, to support her in her present ar
duous and unequal conflict with the Federal
Government, I beg of your Excellency to or
der my name to be enrolled, as a private, a
mongst the volunteers, —to enter upon any
service which your Excellency may be pleas
ed to appoint me.
I however submit to your Excellency, that
my untiring zeal in a cause, than w hich an
cient or modern history records none so mtgli
| ty to save the liberties of a people, entitles
i me to belong to that corps to which you may
: assign the post of the greatest difficulty, dan
j ger and honor.
I have the honor to be, with tlie highest
| consideration and respect, your Excellency’s
most ob't serv’t.
ROBERT J. TURNBULL.
1 His Excellency Robekt Y. Hayne,
Governor of South Carolina.
The reading of this letter so full of the spi
!lit of the Carolina Brutus,was received by the
l meeting with much emotion. The Governor i
I stated, that, knowing full well that this was]
! no empty bravado, but a sincere offering, he i
I accordingly assigned Mr. Turnbull to that,
! corps, which had been chosen to form a rally- 1
i ing (>oint and forlorn-hope,in case of alarm ;j
i that Mr. T. immediately came to the city, i
armed himself, and regularly attended 1
the drills of his corps: and he added, that [
he was very sure that, had a bloody conflict |
with our oppressors followed,and our liberties [
| been cloven down, Robert J. Turnbull j
j would not have survived to mourn their loss, i
' None can doubt this, who saw how the spirit ]
j of the deceased rose as the storm thickened,!
i and who heard his tone of proud definance, i
land animated confidence, when the frown of!
tyranny was darkest.
RETURN OF THE PRESIDENT. |
The President of the United States, with
several of his friends who accompanied him, j
returned to this city from his Eastern touron |
the morning of Thursday tiie south instant, j
liis arrival was not only wholly unexpected |
here, but seems to have taken every body ]
elsewhere by surprise,as lie travelled,with the {
speed of the Mail, from Concord, in New
Hampshire, the most remote point of his jour
ney, to this place.
We understand that the President is in
as good health as could have been expected.
Ilis return, without longer delay, we have no
doubt, lias been judicious, in reference to Ids
health, and the manner of h.s return,avoiding
a repetition of parades, &c. lias been at least
considerate.
Aid. Intelligencer,
Rail Iload meeting al Athens.
Saturday, 29th June, 1833.
Pursuant to adjournment, the citizens I
of Athens and i,ts vicinity, met in the Col
lege Chapel.
Mr. Clayton, from the committee ap
pointed on the 2(Uh, submitted a report for
the consideration of the meeting, and” re
commended the adoption of the following j
resolutions.
Resolved, That Gen. Edward Harden,]
Col. I, Franklin and T. Mitchell, be a]
committee to prepare a memorial to be j
presented to the next Legislature, praying;
of that body to grant a charter of incor-'
poration to stock holders that may unite for!
the purpose of constructing a rail road j
from the village of Athens to the city of j
Augusta, with the usual privileges connec
ted with such undertaking, and furnishing !
such inducements as arc calculated to in- j
! sure success to the enterprize ,
Resolved, That James Camak,Jno. Nis
bet, Win. Lumpkin, Esqrs. and Professors
Shannon and Jackson, be a committee to
correspond with the proprietors of similar
establishments, with a view to collect all;
the information necessary to a skilful and
saving construction of said road, as well j
as to acquire all other information that ]
j may prove likely to advance and promote
i the work, and also to obtain, provisionally,
j the services of a competent engineer in the!
: event of procuring a suitable charter.
litsolved, That our fellow citizens, in
jajl the counties through which said road is {
j intended to pass, be respectfully solicited I
to hold similar meetings to the present,]
j and to lend their aid in ev» ry possible man- j
ucr, to the aeunrnplirhment of the propo- 1
sed object: and that Messrs. A. !s. C!nv. :
i ton, Wm. Dealing, Stevens Thomas, Wm.
Williams and A. Hull, be a committee to
{communicate the foregoing to the citizens
: of each of said counties.
| Which report and resolutions were read
i and Unanimously adopted.
The meeting was the adjourned sine t'ic.
A. HULL, Chairman.
James Camak, Scereturij.
CHOLERA 2NTEEE3GENCE.
New Orleans, June 17.
It is with satisfaction that we announce, that
the Cholera has disappeared from among us, after
having prevailed to an alarming extent for nearly
three weeks. Since the Ist instant the number
ol deaths has been nearly nine hundred, and this
for the healthiest month in the year, makes things
more alarming, and spreads consternation far and
wide. Many families have led’t for the North,
and our city is as empty now as has been for the
last six years, even in those seasons of epidemic
and pestilence, when the yellow fever raged high
est. it is to be hoped that the cholera has now
lelt us, for it having come a second time among us
as an epidemic, it gives us reason to believe that it
will not return, for such has been its nature in e
very city and climate, except where it originated,
and there has remained a constant plague.
Business has received a very severe check from
the epidemic, one that will be felt for some lime,
and vve have only to hope that our friends in the
country have not experienced such Josses as to af
fect in any material degree their crops of cotton
and sugar.
By the Western mail of yesterday, we perceive,
that even during the time of pestilence in our ci
ty, we have lead those amongst us who could cool
ly sit down and alarm the country, by sending
forth exaggerated statements of the mortality.
Some of the papers published in the neighbour
ing parishes of the state, have been informed that
two hundred have died a day in this city of the
late epidemic; others publish a mortality of one
hundred; some says ninety; but we do not per
ceive that any have received a statement of facts,
■ or that a less number than the actual mortality is
mentioned by any.
Now, inasmuch as the papers in the other par
ishes of the slate are weekly papers, wo think
they should receive the true statement of the con
dition of the health of Neiv Orleans, through the
medium of the several daily journals published in
this city and we think it would bo more satisfac
tory as well to the publishers of the different jour
nals as to their readers, that they should publish
official statements in preference to vague rumors
of letters. At least such a course would he dic
tated by humanity and justice.— N. Orl. Mcr. Jlde.
We have also seen a private letter from the
same place, dated the 18tli, which says “ the cho
lera has disappeared from oa■ city.”
Pittsburg,-June HO. — Under date of tiie 28th,
tiie Hoard of 1 lealth of Pittsburg report two deaths
and add, “the Board, in justice to themselves,
and as they conceive, in the faithful discharge of
their official duty to their fellow citizens, feel
bound to state that, from information they have
privately received, they have no doubt of the ex
istence of several cases of Asiatic, or malignant
Cholera, w ithin the city, during the last 48 hours.
! other than those that have been reported to the
| Board.”
' Mavsville, June 27. —The greater part of our
| population (says tire Maysville Eagle) have re
turned to their homes. All our commercial hou-
I scs and stores are again open, and the mechanics
I have returned • o their respective vocations. The
I fears of our country friends have subsided, and
! onr little city is visited without trepidation or a
! larm by those whose business calls them here,
j The Cholera yet lingers among us, though in a
; mitigated form—most of the cases now occur
ring, readily yield to appropriate remedies. Since
the publication of our last paper, up to S o'clocl;
last evening, three deaths only had occurred frem
cholera in our city.
In Fleniingslurg, as late as Monday evening,
tiie 24th, tiie disease continued to race w ith una
bated violence. Up to that period, there had heen
51 deaths. The population of Flcmingshurg a
mounted to between six and sever hundred when 1
tiie cholera broke out, of which about one half
early abandoned the place. Os those who re
mained, it is beleved that one sixth have fallen!
Among the recent deaths, are Mr. John Mullay,
Editor of the Flemingsburg intelligencer, and his ;
two daughters.
In Parle, the Cholera broke out on Friday last,
the 21st, with almost unparalled malignancy. In
48 hours, the town was literally deserted by the i
inhabitants. The deaths are reported to have n
mounted to 37 as late as 9 o’clock on Monday 1
night.
Lower Blue Licks —The Cholera hurst fortli at]
this celebrated watering place on Wednesday of,
last w eek, (tiie 19lh) and very soon dispersed its |
throng ot visitants. From eight to ten deaths oc- I
currcd w ithin !H hours after the disease made its 1
ppearanee. The venerable Maj. Bedinger, a re
lict of the revolution, -and one of the early pioneers
of the west, lost every member of tiis white fa
mily. The old gentleman still survives, like the
venerable and branchless oak amid surrounding
desolation.
Cholera supposed lobe in Fredericksburg. —After
due and serious consideration, we have determin
ed to give publicity to the following extract of a
letter from Fredericksburg. If the intelligence
is true, (and tiie writer of the letter is highly in
telligent and perfectly respectable,) it ought to be
known, tiiat the country arid neighboring cities
may be put on their guard. If untrue, it can cause
but a temporary prejudice to Fredericksburg, not
to he weighed against the public advantage of
knowing the fact, if it be true. This reasoning
has determined us to publish it.
The Fredericksburg Herald of this morning,
mentions Mr. Selden’s death after “a short ill
ness,” (on Tuesday,) but does not state the na
ture of the illness.
Died, in Fredericksburg, on the evening of
June 25th, of Cholera, John W. Selden, Esq., in
the hist year of his age.
We make the following extract in relation to
this death from a letter: It w v.d without doubt a
case qj" Asiatic Cholera. He was taken Sunday
night with Hisordered bowels, which continued so
slight throughout Monday, as not to induce him
to use any remedy. On Tuesday morning at sun
rise, I found iiim perfectly prostrate and just re
covered from fainting, brought on by copioie, eva
cuations from the stomach, of the rice water char
acter, characteristic of Cholera. He was also
i attacked with violent cramps. He had medical
aid immediately, but lie was too t.ir gone to re
cover. His body assumed the indigo-stained ap
pearance, L.c. common to the disease. . One or
two cases had occurred previously of suspicious
character.”
r Richmond IVhig, .nine "9. j
From the IVlulling Gazelle, ilxtra.
Health Oi sice, June 25, 4 P. M.
The Board have the pleasure to announce to i
theirfellow-citizens, that no new case of Cholera has 1
oectired iri the town or vicinity, within the last >
24 hours, and but one death, Mrs. Partiik o’-
ILire, Main street, between Jefferson and Adams. ]
So far as can be ascertained, with the exception of;
some cases of Diarrhea and Dysentery, it is be-!
lievcd that the town L at pu sent as healthy as it |
has been lor many years. In view of this grati-|
tying result, the Eou.ii will hereafter discontinue
the publication of a daily Bulletin. By order, j
If. ’TKKK, S«?rV I
Boston, June 22d, i 6
FRG'a MAJOR JACK DO**,?
A - the Bite Tavern, t, Uncle Joshua
the Stage Tavern in New-huryp, )r^ too?t l
Dear Unkle.—l’m all of a c!o .. r ,
XV o’vc streeked it on, so for, bevrli'
count We haint stopped no'vS
cnul to get a shirt washed; and ah
brot on are as dirty as pi zen ll!2
you’d send me one two or three" c'-/ *
to-morrow; and if them corderov 3 " 01
loons is fixed, I should like tohaveef ”
along at the same time. “ Si
You may think its rather o Ur ; oUst ,
l m Stopiun here at the Bite T avt
>7 seo there’s sich a thunderin sqwi'j
folks up L ite■ rreino.it, that I thZhJ
on the whole hi better gu m » vitfcfil
here and so go it;, and bunk with tC
Omoral when it comes ni"ht ; and ■
more than all that. I used to gitmvfo
here, pretty much, when I ruutliaic
nil from Downingville with huoa°!
and ash staves. *
Knight has brot me your letter
I’m dreadful sorry you did’nt pav the ‘
tage on’t, for I’m runnin terrible’
change. There s been an awful W.
: script ion papers brot in to ussia**
! started—and you know it wir.il.i’foß
well lor ns to refuse cm, seeing tU®
all our expqnees : but to take it */,R
hmg run, 1 don’t know but it would I
cheaper for us to pay our own .1
then we shoal,Lit have to b e all thrij
giving away so much. Whydiereinjl
\ ork, when tiie man got hi's hands bl'M
oii, it want none of my doings, but
come right to me and" the President |
lust tiling. At the rate they are jam J
ane-ano,her there will he’a good J|
broken limbs, and if I’ve got to help
tor all of cm, tny pistarcens will git n|
ty well thinned out here afore wcl
back. I
i’m dreadful sorry that you’ve M
clear up to Newberry port to* meet m3
the President. Why, od rot it, unk!e,l
President .tint going there! Val'l
arter breakfast, 1 and the President J
sittin therein the Tremont,when incj
live or six folks from Newburyport, 3
about the Gincral’s going down tl3
and he told ’em il they’d come iu M
morning, he'd ax Woodbury afore 3
and let 'em know. Arter thev’d goceH
says I to the President, what’s WoojH
got to do with it ? Here’s a letter®
I’tikle Joshua, says I,—lie's come cl
up to Newburyport purpose to sec
he'd let 1 terrible strip! if we saeakfl
and did'nt go there, here's the letter,ifl
1, only look on’t. So vou see, lie isl
your 'latter and read along where you®
fo |l,; ’.t the Truckmen gitten so tnfl
tw fil'd e rtton ready tor their new fro®
an;] how the Artillery had been sc®
ing up their pieces, and how they’d®
npVventeeu pound of rotten stone:®
how tiie Light Jniantrv had been dii®
every morriin lor as much as a torn®
and about the new windless be®
they’ve grit ready for us to sleep on at®
hotel. When he read that, the oldf®
ral on! look tickled enuf; but wfrciH
coni" • where von tell about that sgH
in grate gun ting’d got on Old TtH
1 hi!, that they ilin'ui dure to tire, ivitij®
putting on a fizz big rttitf for ’era
o ver into the next eoautv, fore shetH
" Probe i.t hav.-haw'd riv
so) s I: -- , there, if I had’iit told WtiojH
that I'd .go to (’• nieon! afore t|v llennH
ta.iv-'s broke t;;>, ! declare I'd go j®
and see them fellers. But 1 don't bdH
Wo., ibi.ry will i, ; him go, solgucssy®
hotter p< st hack to Dotvningvillcas<j®
as tiic old sorrel mare can carry you t®
t<> be sure and git every thing ready.■
Woodbury came in here this mo:®
to sc-' if I was willing to go to Gove®
Armstrong's to night—and lat hit: ®
v.>in to NYv.!isiryport—-says i it v.-fl
—it never will do upon airth t.o gu ®
11-iienn. i! hi Ma:
round there and not go to
—for il'-- j< st like mouthing mu:..®
crust of a s:;i.a: !: pic and not cat.ei
of l!ie iunrds. Put he would’nt
and at last I got rather woitis-li.atul IB
him, say s J, if you don’t lot the
down to Newbury port too sc 1 ®
Joshua and the rest on ’em. I
up with you to the Governors
and that’s ail about it. Ho they
!<>:!; 'Go .'crnor’s house alone - 1
they laid an uv. kard time on<—
for my part how they c e along "
all lu:t I served Ym right enough
'em ! woiihl'nt go if they did ll ]
said. ! said i wor.ld’nt, and I did
if the folks hunt, got but one Hurt vvfl®
< and. I’ll git you just to send
we ssit will .'astute till I git lo
viiic cm I conic to think ont,_ ;!
about the eorfieroys t lorl
cal hand pairoi satinet ones
Brattle street of a nigger, and
thcv'll answer all the purpose ti. ®|
a- .vu home. From vour lovin n<
Major JACK DUUY'W
: in .V| .0 In-,.V*
Maji.r M. M. Noal. is about to coning M
iii.lilicatinn of a newspaper in tiny cl J ,
-ill'll semi-weekly. It will be pulino >
mt of wl.at east isj not so certain.
neiliate object es the Major, it is 11
o embark m the war ot the succes
a bat banner, is not known to ua.
.voice candidate may bo Ja“K .
ii max be t. "V. Gass—the P rr!, j n .:ii po
■oiupu "f' and Secretary ot sttpW i»
■rodit to any man, or any part) •
if these geiitlemon. In any even •
bat 111 ■ .\be. r dead against • " j;|
~ r In:,i have 0n..! it for m ' IC-1 ®
, r , ear . ..Ch.irbi/cn led. ®
